The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend

Astronautalis,
Friday, October 5, at Granada Theater
This time last year, former North Texas rapper Astronautalis had just released his 11-track gem, This Is Our Science. This Friday, he opens for Flobots, a Denver-based prog hip-hop group signed to Motown Records. On his website, Astronautalis encourages you to be proactive: "Their fans are nuts, my fans are nuts...all I'm sayin...might want to buy tickets in advance. Seriously." GalleryCat opens. -- Rachel Watts

FuxaThursday, October 4, at Good Records/Dada
Getting to see Fuxa, the longtime electronic project of Detroit's Randall Nieman, in an intimate space like Good Records should be enough to get the synth-heads out. The group's latest release, Electric Sound of Summer, features vocal contributions from Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips and a cover of Fun Boy Three's "Our Lips Are Sealed," but a decade between albums has given Nieman a chance to fine-tune his ambient sound, and the result is blissful. Austin's All in the Golden Afternoon set the scene. 6 p.m. Catch them later tonight at Dada with New Fumes. -- Audra Schroeder

Index Festival w/ Cold War Kids, GZA & More
October 5 & 6, at Trees
With the arrival of fall, we're knee-deep in festival season, and Spune Productions is testing its fest powers in the heart of Deep Ellum with this weekend's first-ever Index Festival. The roster features a handful of locals (Yells At Eels, The Cush, Datahowler, The Angelus, Telegraph Canyon, A.Dd+, Low Dark Hills, Bethan, Blackstone Rangers, Air Review, DJ Sober) rubbing shoulders with bigger names like GZA, Washed Out and Grimes. Check out some our our picks here. -- Audra Schroeder